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I enjoyed Inception too, and had a very confusing nap after I watched it. :)

I quite liked it.

It was a proper head scratching 1970s scifi storyline

but overloaded with too much empty action.

I liked the villain as a force of nature.

Lee Nelson Live. Laughing out loud If you like the TV show check it out.

Saw Wrath Of The Titans earlier. Technically a bad film, but still pretty watchable. Pity out of all the heavyweight actors involved, though, only Bill Nighy seemed to be enjoying himself.

Did it have the Medusa with the snake hair?

Quote: keewik @ December 14 2012, 11:37 PM GMT

Did it have the Medusa with the snake hair?

No, did he toss it away at the end of the last film?

The main baddie was Chronos, who looked a bit like that massive fire demon from Lord Of The Rings.

The Hobbit, in HFR 3D. Beyond the usual 3D problem of the actors looking like cardboard cut-outs stood in front of the scenery, the flat lighting has the curious effect of making all the interiors appear as if they were shot on video at BBC Television Centre in the nineteen-seventies. To add the disconcertingly retro feel the prostheses and hairpieces don't really stand up to that level of high definition. Sometimes there is something to be said for grainy and indistinct.

And you've got two more to look forward to!

I like Peter Jackson but he's taking the piss making a trilogy of The Hobbit.

Quote: Tursiops @ December 14 2012, 11:41 PM GMT

[the flat lighting has the curious effect of making all the interiors appear as if they were shot on video at BBC Television Centre in the nineteen-seventies.

That's the high frame rate they've used. It looks awful! I hope it doesn't become standard because you can't beat that nice soft movie filter we are used to.

I will wait for the other two to come round on freeview; at three hours per film my buttocks are voting for a nice comfy sofa rather than a cinema seat.

Quote: Tursiops @ December 14 2012, 11:41 PM GMT

The Hobbit, in HFR 3D. Beyond the usual 3D problem of the actors looking like cardboard cut-outs stood in front of the scenery, the flat lighting has the curious effect of making all the interiors appear as if they were shot on video at BBC Television Centre in the nineteen-seventies. To add the disconcertingly retro feel the prostheses and hairpieces don't really stand up to that level of high definition. Sometimes there is something to be said for grainy and indistinct.

Every review seems to mention this, and yet no one making it seemed to notice it looking ropey. Odd.

Quote: zooo @ December 14 2012, 11:42 PM GMT

And you've got two more to look forward to!

I've only ever seen the first Lord of The Rings film. That was enough for me.

Quote: Matthew Stott @ December 15 2012, 11:54 AM GMT

I've only ever seen the first Lord of The Rings film. That was enough for me.

Yes, I suspect their command of storytelling was a little bit too competent for you.

Quote: chipolata @ December 15 2012, 11:55 AM GMT

Yes, I suspect their command of storytelling was a little bit too competent for you.

Yes, I imagine that was it.

The Lotr is far far too long and drawn out and tedious

the Hobbit on the other hand was pretty much perfection

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